20th March 2010A slightly frustrating day, not helped by the need to spend half of it re-arranging the garage to allow the bodywork to be stored safely at the back. Identified and trial fitted most of the aluminium panels with a few issues noted:
The tunnel side panels don’t appear to need “bending around the tube” as stated in the instructions.
The driver’s footrest appears to be the wrong way up (is it for an LHD car?), although looking at the picture in the manual it seems like it’s supposed to be that way!
The rear panel (by all accounts a pig to fit anyway) seems to need some slots cutting each side to accommodate an “extra” chassis tube half way up each side.
Decided to start with an “easy” panel in the form of the drivers bulkhead, but made slow progress due to a cordless drill which went flat in minutes and a very old corded drill which was stuck in “hammer” mode and tried to enlarge all the holes. To add insult to injury, both of them were too big to get into all the holes. Eventually got the panel on, and it looks OK….. but not much to show for a days work. Now, where’s that tool catalogue……….?
13th March 2010Collected the kit today after a delay of a week due to a problem with the chassis powder coating. The kit fitted easily in the Transit Luton and didn’t suffer any damage thanks to the expert way it was loaded by the factory. Slightly disappointed that there were a few parts missing, including the diff, but at least I was told they were missing rather than finding out later. There don’t seem to be as many boxes of bits as I expected, but I can’t think of anything that should be here which isn’t.
Welcome to Matthew (Aged 10) and Mark's build diary for our Westfield Sport Kit Car. We're first-time kit builders with limited mechanical experience and hope to be able to build a 2-litre Zetec Westfield Sport from a comprehensive (all new parts) kit. We're hoping to complete it in about a year, but it may take longer as we'll only get 2-3 days a month on the project.
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